Overbrook man arrested in January gun slaying

Police have arrested an Overbrook man for gunning down a Strawberry Mansion man in January.

Shafik Lamback, 20, of Columbia Avenue near Peach Street, was charged with murder and related offenses for the Jan. 26 homicide of Kyleaf Gordon, 23, of Page Street near 31st, said Officer Christine O'Brien, a police spokeswoman.

Police responding to a report of gunfire on Ridge Avenue near Page Street just before 2 a.m. found Gordon collapsed there with gunshot wounds to his head and back, O'Brien said. Gordon died at Temple University Hospital 15 minutes later. O'Brien had no details on the motive.

Court records show Lamback is a repeat offender who was facing a March 5 trial in a drug case at the time of his arrest for Gordon's murder. He has prior arrests for robbery, assault, gun offenses and related crimes, records show.